A finish coat, also called a skim coat or a white coat, is the last coat put on a surface before the surface can be painted. It is usually made out of various types of plaster and can also require the addition o
Trompe l’eoil is an interesting faux finish technique that many think of as an optical illusion. The decorator paints on a two dimensional surface in a way that makes it seem three dimensional. For example, he or she may paint a mural of a tunnel that fools passersby into thinking it ...
Plaster is a whitish kind of paste, a mixture of lime, water and sand. After you spread plaster on a surface, it'll harden, like cement does. But as I said, fresco means fresh. And that's because to create a fresco, the painting has to be applied very soon after the plaster has...
For a long time, chrome or stainless steel has been a popular finish for the kitchen or bathroom, but this year will see metal finishes softening with the use of bronze, gold, copper and gun metal all over the home. The use of metallic tones is trickling down through the plastic ...
Lath and plaster were first used to finish interior ceilings and walls from the 18th century to the mid-1900s before modern gypsum plasterboarding and plastering took over. The lath is the timber that is tacked by hand on to wooden joists. The laths are commonly made from either chestnut or...
Hall in Boston. But when you spring out of the background on a street corner or surprise people in a park or college campus they probably aren't going to sit—they'll lean your way for a bit and when you finish a song or in my case, a puppet play, it's a cue for some to ...
Other times ,though, plaster was applied directly to the walls, a thick layer of plaster, to fill in spaces between the bricks, to smooth out the wall surface for painting the fresco.You see...Plaster is a whitish kind of paste—a mixture of lime, water, and sand ...After you spread...
box is a type of building material used to safely hold electrical wiring within a wall. Typically, these boxes are recessed into the wall so that the edge of the box sits flush with the face of the plaster ordrywall. Finish plates are installed over the face of the box to give it a ...
Milk paint is an eco-friendly painting technique that's used on furniture to give it an antique finish. The techniques for using...
Paintable wallpaper provides a textured covering to interior walls. The texture may resemble that of carved wood, molded plaster or embossed fabric. The application of this type of wallpaper is comparable to regular, colored wallpapers. It can be used in kitchens, living rooms, hallways and just...